Canada Soccer completes National Referee Camp in Ottawa

Canada Soccer held its National Referee Camp in Ottawa 16-18 February 2018. In addition to fitness testing, and classroom instruction to prepare the group for the upcoming season, referees received technical instruction and direction for refereeing in Canada’s top leagues in 2018. In addition, Canada Soccer Deputy General Secretary Joe Guest presented to the group on future projects and opportunities for the group moving forward.

At a ceremony on the evening of 17 Feb, the following awards were handed out to celebrate achievements in 2017 and nominations for 2018.

Joe Fletcher in recognition of appointment to the CONCACAF Champions League Final
Drew Fischer in recognition of appointment to the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2017
Richard Gamache in recognition of appointment to the CONCACAF U17 Championships 2017
Phil Briere in recognition of appointment to the CONCACAF U20 Championships
Drew Fischer in recognition of appointment to the CONCACAF U20 Championships
Joe Fletcher in recognition of appointment to the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017
Carol Anne Chenard in recognition of your appointment to the FIFA U20 World Cup India 2017

New National Assistant Referees
Érick Laliberté
Stefan Tanaka-Freundt

New National Referees
Mathieu Souaré
Fabrizio Stasolla
Myriam Marcotte
Isabelle Sénécal

New FIFA Assistant Referees
Melissa Snedden
Erina Cho
Micheal Barwegen
Chris Wattam

In recognition of appointment to the Jubilee Trophy Final 2017

Michelle Pye
Stéphanie Fortin
Candace Brown

In recognition of appointment to the Challenge Trophy Final 2017

Juan Màrquez
Peter Pendli
Jasmain Parr
Geoff Gamble
 

A full list of Canada Soccer National and FIFA Referees can be found here